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14/10/2011

London Film Festival Showcases Big Screen

Film is in focus in the UK with the 55th BFI London Film Festival now underway to showcase 204 feature films and 110 shorts from around the world over 16 days.
Showing in venues across London, this year's line-up includes Fernando Meirelles' 360, Terence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea, George Clooney's The Ides of March, Alexander Payne's The Descendants, Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin and David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method.
The Film on the Square strand includes highly anticipated new titles such as Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Antolia and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights.
While New British Cinema will premier cinematic voices from across the UK including Dexter Fletcher's directorial debut Wild Bill and Andrew Haigh's award-winning second feature Weekend.
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